Firm to make ethanol from waste in Malta

horst klein

Apr 11th 2011, 16:55

http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,756279,00.html#ref=rss i.e. in Germany E10 has been a disaster - Commission attempts to impose draconic tax on diesel, which is more eco-friendly, to pay for the alcohol fuel failure, are being blocked. What will the ethanol be used for?

U Vassallo

Apr 6th 2011, 15:20

Is this going to mean that we are going to start importing dangerous waste that other countries do not want and do not want to dispose of themselves?
What is going to happen to the waste?
Is it going to be exported back to the countries ti comes from?
Is it going to remain here to fill our landfills?
Do not people think that this shows that we have become the dustbin of Europe?

People, have a look at http://www.cnimalta.org/sa.html where there is an analysis of the wasteserve report on the Sant'Antnin waste recycling plant and a Masters thesis on the Basle Convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste. Download them and study them and see whether what is being proposed fits within the parametres therein.

Gianninu Saliba

Apr 6th 2011, 13:33

Another sign of confidence in our country and that is thanks to our Nationalist Government. Keep it up Dr. Gonzi. Your efforts continue to provide this nation of ours with investment, success and employment opportunities. Now all we are waiting for is Joseph to come back from the States and cry wolf. Yes, within a matter of days, he and his MPs will find some fault with the project, they will come up with some accusation of corruption, they will, more than likely thet will claim that the numbers are exaggerated or god knows what they will come up with to ridicule the project... as they have done with SmartCity, Mater Dei, Lufthansa Teknik, City Gate project, etc. etc. etc.

Albert Bezzina

Apr 6th 2011, 13:27

Turning non-edible biomass to useable liquid fuel is commendable.

As regards the project being located on the Island:

1) What are the quantities of water needed to run the facility?
- Will it recycle the water used in the reactors?
- Could it use the purified run off from our sewage processing plants?
2) What are the energy requirements of the facilities?
- Will it require electricity? What will be the demand?
- Will fuel oil be used directly or will it burn the residue after the biodigestive process is complete to distil the ethanol? In these cases what guarantees are given on emissions from exhaust flues?
3) How will the thousands of tons of biomass be brought to Malta and where will it be unloaded?
- If the location of the facilities is away from the landing point of the biomass how will these hundreds of thousands of tons be transported to the facilities.
4) If the residue after biodigestion will not be used as fuel, where will it be deposited? What are the quantities of residue to be generated.

Before we start clapping our hands for the chance to employ, let us look at the sustainability issues first.

i.scicluna

Apr 6th 2011, 12:17

it's nice to see some good news once in a while......or is it? *cross fingers*

Joe Sammut

Apr 6th 2011, 09:56

Brilliant idea. Well done!

Now all that remains is to make sure the plants are not located in Marsascala where we already have our full share of the national burden.